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You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Europeanism refers to the concept of, or assertion, that the people of Europe have a distinct collective cultural identity within the larger context of Western culture, where the culture and politics of United States often dominates. World map showing Europe Political map (neighbouring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...
Cultural identity is the (feeling of) identity of a group or culture, or of an individual as far as she/he is influenced by her/his belonging to a group or culture. ...
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Europeanism asserts that the citizens of Europe, and particularly the citizens of the European Union are in the process of developing a collective identity —one which will diminish any existing political and cultural barriers.
A proponent of Europeanism is a Europeanist. Similar terms that may imply a value judgment are Europhile and Eurooptimist
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The efficacy (or validity) of the Europeanism concept is claimed to be predicated upon the existence of shared common cultural, political and ideological characteristics of the people. Europeanism asserts that there is or should be a European "people", that is a "European Public", meaning that there is a unique and distinct socio-psychological space within which the values and meaning of being European can be contested. Commonly, but not necessarily, associated with the demand for faster and deeper integration of the states of the European Union, it is an attitude whose prevalence among the people of Europe varies widely across the continent, with the United Kingdom and the Scandinavian countries generally the most skeptical. This article is about the continent. ...
Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe. ...
Europeanist thinking is, by definition, synonymous with support for supranational union in Europe, i.e. the European Union. A supranational union, sometimes called also a supranational state, is a group of countries that has: some of the traits of a regional international organization and some of the traits of a federal state, In other words, it is a hybrid or transitional institution. ...
Some Europeanists believe that, in the present world where the United States stands as the world's premier power, European unity makes more sense than ever, making a united and independent Europe more and more necessary, whereas a divided one would bring disadvantages in economics, culture, politics, society, science, diplomacy, military and other fields.
However positive the EU's benefits are, such a "quality/cost" calculation is not generally the only aspect that motivates Europeanists, as they also feel they belong to a common community of people.
Europeanists are usually not entirely satisfied with the organization and working of the EU institutions, but they think the solution lies not in destroying what has been built, but on the contrary to push for more unity, transparency and democracy.
Most Europeanists view the (as yet unratified) EU constitution as a mixed bag. Although welcoming its steps forward towards greater integration, they regret that so little power has been given to the European Parliament and generally feel that more could have been done to address the democratic deficit that has disconnected many Europeans from the European Union. Regardless of this, most support it rather than risk encouraging Euroscepticism. The constitutional treaty as signed in Rome on 29 October 2004 by representatives of the EU member states The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE), commonly referred to as the European Constitution, is an international treaty intended to create a constitution for the European Union. ...
Sign in the entrance of the European Parliament building in Brussels, written in all the official languages used in the European Union as of July 2006 The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The inside of the Strasbourg building The European Parliament building in Brussels The European Parliament (formerly European Parliamentary...
The term democratic deficit is usually used to refer to organizations which are democratic to some extent, but are not as democratic as they could be. ...
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In the past, some Europeanists have been accused of anti-Americanism because of their doubts about the sustainability of NATO, or at least their desire to see it become a more equal partnership between the US and the EU. They resent what they feel is American "sabotage" of attempts to strengthen common European defence through organisations such as the increasingly defunct Western European Union. Flag burning is widely used internationally as a symbolic form of protest against the U.S. Anti-Americanism, often Anti-American sentiment, refers to a prejudice against the government, culture, or people of the United States. ...
NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation[1] (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ...
Membership 10 member states 6 associate member states 5 observer countries 7 associate partner countries Formation - Signed Treaty of Brussels - 17 March 1948 The Western European Union (WEU) is a partially dormant European defence and security organization, established on the basis of the Treaty of Brussels of 1948 with the...
Some Europeanists support the idea of a European Union seat at the United Nations Security Council as part of the development of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the organ of the United Nations charged with maintaining peace and security among nations. ...
The Common Foreign and Security Policy or CFSP, german Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (GASP), was established as the second of the three pillars of the European Union in the Maastricht treaty of 1992, and further defined and broadened in the Amsterdam Treaty of 1997. ...
Origins The intellectual origins of this ideology and consciousness are complex, but can be politically linked to the devastation of World War Two and the desire of the European people never to repeat such needless devastation. Nowadays, Europeanism is promoted by, among others, the European Commission, and especially their Directorate-General for Education and Culture. They promote this identity and ideology through funding of educational exchange programmes, the renovation of key historical sites, the promulgation of a progressive linear history of Europe terminating in European integration, and through the promotion and encouragement of political integration. All this is made possible by their role as the hybrid semi-executive, semi-bureaucracy of the European Union. An ideology is an organized collection of ideas. ...
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The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ...
Notable Europeanists Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (pron. ...
Europeanist Political Parties For the eurosceptic informal grouping, see European Democrats. ...
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